Growology

Five Easy Foods To Grow From Seed

Catherine Sherriffs

Whether just starting or a seasoned gardener, feeling overwhelmed at the beginning of each growing season is relatively common. There’s so much to do! From planning our garden beds and starting our seeds to eventually transplanting them into the ground, there’s a lot to consider. Many people choose to buy seedlings from a local greenhouse…

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Flowers and Vegetables Make Perfect Garden Buddies

There is so much emphasis these days on growing our food that flowers are sometimes forgotten or pushed to the background on our properties. But consider this: flowers are one of the many organic ways of achieving a delicious edible garden that delivers fresh produce all growing season long. Many varieties are not only beautiful…
March 29, 2019
Catherine Sherriffs

Craving Simplicity? Air Plants Could Be The Answer

There is a houseplant for everybody; even those who don’t have the greenest of thumbs or a whole lot of time or space. Versatile and easy to grow, air plants (Tillandsia) are gaining in popularity in homes around the world. What Are They? They’re called air plants because they don’t need soil or very much…
February 27, 2019
Catherine Sherriffs

Zero Waste Lifestyle: Regrowing Food From Kitchen Scraps

In the kitchen, a chopping block is a cruel place. Leftover bits and pieces of ingredients that don’t make the cut at mealtime are carelessly discarded. But did you know many of those scraps have more life to give, and that you can easily regrow food with them? Composting is most often touted as the…
February 13, 2019
Catherine Sherriffs

How Your Garden Grows: The Impact Of Sound On Plants

There’s a theory that you can give your gardens a boost by singing or talking to your plants. When my three-year-old learned about this recently, he began belting out a tune by Nirvana to one of my houseplants. Yes, Nirvana. I have a pretty cool kid. Like humans, plants are living things, and they need…
February 6, 2019
Catherine Sherriffs

Moon Gardening: Myth or Method?

With the Super Blood Wolf Moon wowing stargazers around the world over the weekend, the celestial body has been getting a lot of attention lately. The recent total lunar eclipse doesn’t have much to do with gardening, but looking to the Moon for beautiful blooms and bountiful harvests is an age-old technique once again gaining…
January 23, 2019
Catherine Sherriffs